COMPATIBILISERS | ADDITIVES
Fibre reinforcements can enhance the performance of recycled plastics, but achieving good results during processing can be challenging because degradation products and residual additives, such as UV stabilisers or processing aids, can interfere with standard coupling agents, said BYK. A solution is BYK’s SCONA TSPP 10213 GB, which has a high grafting level of over 2% that enables good mechanical properties even at low dosage. The additive, based on a PP copolymer, improves performance in wood-plastic composites, even when typically incompatible PE/PP recyclate mixtures are used as the base. Recycled carbon fibres,
increasingly sourced from end-of-life automotive components, are another reinforcement option. Unlike glass fibres, they often lack sizing compatible with PP. Compatibilisers like SCONA can significantly enhance composite strength in such systems, the company reported.
Ingenia Polymers
received US APR recogni- tion for its InCircle IP 1601 compatibiliser masterbatch for multilayer PE films containing PA and/or EVOH. The recognition indicates that the additives meet or exceed APR’s requirements for design for recyclability. Ingenia has recently completed a study to demonstrate the perfor- mance of the compatibiliser in PP/EVOH/PA systems. Ingenia is also working
with Recyclass in Europe “to expand the opportunity for film producers and convert-
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ers in Europe to take advantage of the perfor- mance that InCircle IP1601 brings to the recyclability of multi-material flexible packaging,” said Dale McCormick, Business Manager, Masterbatch for Flexible Packaging at Ingenia Polymers. “With excellent performance in both PE and PP based barrier films, there is an opportunity to increase the
supply of recycle materials in the market.” The company opened a new facility in Obernburg, Germany this April, which is the company’s first in Europe. The manufacturing site will supply the InCircle line for film producers as well as Ingenia’s other polyolefin additive masterbatch products; titanium dioxide, engineered white, and black masterbatches; polymer
additive blends for resin producers; and proprietary and toll compounds. In addition to allowing
recycling of polyolefin multilayer barrier films, Ingenia has tested and found success with its compatibiliser in PE/PET laminates. “While APR protocol precludes the recycling of PET containing flexible packaging into the PE film recycle stream, due
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